Marriage indicies show Sarah Astell and William Bates marrying in Q3 1839. Since it's in St Albans it more than likely that the Astell has been misheard/misspelt from Axtell. So though the surname is wrong, it

New information from parish register shows William's father to be James, not William. William's [2171] (22Jun1783-?) details were provided by Debbie Penny. William [2171] and Sarah's [1959] family have been disconnected but kept on file. This William's details have been reset back to information from marriage to Sarah Axtell. [Jon Axtell]